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La Serena (Coquimbo), Chile

Thursday, 15 March: When I wrote up Santiago yesterday, I thought we were leaving Chile – but no, here we are in the Coquimbo region, approximately 295 miles north of Santiago.

With a population of roughly 160,000, La Serena was discovered in 1544 and is located between the Atacama Desert and the country’s fertile central valley, a journey of approximately 30 minutes from the port.

We were given a few hours to explore the central Plaza de Armas, however that didn’t take very long. There were the usual buildings, cathedral, library, small museum and some other public buildings surrounding a park. We managed to find the market but there were few souvenirs and it took us a while to find a small keepsake.

Back to the park and sat around until the bus arrived to take us back to the port. Only a few photos as we didn’t find much of interest there. Not particularly set up for tourists, in our opinion.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sailaway from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ Mark Twain